Comcast paid people to prevent others from getting into FCC hearing

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I'm not one of those politically active kind of people, but this really steams my ass!

Comcast apparently bused in a bunch of people for the FCC hearing concerning Comcast's filtering of Bittorent traffic on Feb. 25. They got there a full 90 minutes before the hearing. It seems that they all wore highlighters clipped onto their lapels or shirt necks to identify each other.

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By stuffing the event with random people with nothing better to do, Comcast effectively blocked those who are opposed to Comcast's actions from being able to attend the hearing since all the seating was filled up.

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Just now as I'm writing this, I saw that Portfolio is saying that Comcast has admitted to this!

Go Digg this!

Via Miro and SaveTheInternet.com

Published by throk on February 26th, 2008 in Grinds My Gears
 

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